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Item No: 05B Meeting Date: June 5, 2006 Type of Business: Work Session City Administrator Review: _______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Desaree Crane, Assistant to the City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Comparable Cities for the Salary Compensation Study Background On April 10, 2006, the City Council authorized the firm Laumeyer & Associates to conduct the Salary Compensation Study and Pay Equity Report. This Salary Compensation Study puts into consideration population, city market value, and taxable tax capacity instead of just using Stanton 6 cities (population 10,000 – 25,000) as outlined in the Personnel Manual. Discussion The criteria used was that the city would be approximately 50 miles from Mounds View, have a population between 9,000 and 14,000, and have a similar structure and tax capacity as Mounds View. Here are the cities that were discussed between Staff and Laumeyer & Associates: Arden Hills Buffalo Hutchinson * Little Canada Monticello Mound North St. Paul Robbinsdale St. Michael Vadnais Heights *Hutchinson is about 75 miles. Information from the Minnesota State Auditor’s website is attached for each City listed above. The HR Committee will be discussing these comparable cities further at the HR Committee meeting on June 5, 2006, preceding this Work Session. Staff has sent out the salary survey, which was provided by Laumeyer and Associates, on May 26, 2006 (attached) to the above-listed comparable cities. As of Thursday, June 1st, Staff has received surveys back from the City of Arden Hills, City of North St. Paul and the City of St. Michael. These completed surveys were forwarded to Laumeyer & Associates. As of now, the firm is on task to complete this Salary Compensation Study by July 1, 2006. Respectfully submitted, Desaree Crane